What process removes carbon from the atmosphere?

Photosynthesis is the process that removes carbon dioxide from the Earth's atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is also removed from the atmosphere when it mixes with water and forms carbonic acid, which is the acid that's partially responsible for the weatherization of rocks along and in the sea. read more

Carbon travels from the atmosphere into organisms and the Earth and then back into the atmosphere. This process is called the carbon cycle, which has slow and fast components. Carbon takes between 100-200 million years to move between rocks, soil, ocean, and atmosphere in the slow carbon cycle. read more

Plant respiration, sea, organic cbon in soil When plants or ppire they take up the carbon dioxide and let out oxygen: 6 CO2 + 6 H2O (+energy) -->6 O2 + C6H12O6 In addition phytoplankton absorbs carbon dioxide using the same process as normal plants. read more